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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We already have a distant relationship, but politics isn't making it any easier. He didn't help me with student loans or my first car, learning to drive. It makes me so angry that he supports Trump, and I know he's against loan forgiveness. It doesn't make sense why he wouldn't be supportive of something that would help his daughter.  I don't have a lot of debt, only 13k. I also got the Pell Grant because we were low-income. My mother passed away, and he's remarried to a trump supporter. I think about how selfish and hateful Trump supporters are and it makes me think my dad isn't a good person. My husband is also an immigrant from a Muslim-majority country. My father likes my husband, yet he's supporting someone who isn't friendly toward immigrants. My father does other things that make me angry but the student loan thing makes me sad. I have small children now, and I can't imagine voting against something that would benefit them, like help with student loans. [/quote]

The bolded is not the right way to look at any single issue.  We have an HHI of around ~$500k, and if I only voted in my financial interest, and my kids', I'd vote for low tax republicans every time.  I don't, because there are many many issues that are more important than my personal taxes and finances.

Also, the PP who wrote this is spot on:
	
[b]So wait you’re saying if Trump had a policy that would improve your finances, say, a subsidy with your specific profession, you would vote for Trump, and to not do so would be a betrayal of your kid’s interest? [/b]

And for the record, I am very liberal, and think that student loan forgiveness is questionable at best, unconscionable if it isn't paired with measures to address the underlying causes, and Keystone Cops-level idiocy in its present form.  [/quote]

OP may not be capable of the level of analysis she’s been given on this thread.[/quote]

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